Course name: Informetrics Research
Teaching medium: English
A. COURSE DESCRIPTION
2 credit, 24 Class Hours, 2st Semester etc.
Information metrology is the need of the development of the information age. It is an important task to cultivate the talents for the research and application of information metrology under the background of the development of social economic information and information industry. This paper discusses information metrology from three aspects: theory, method and application. Firstly, it systematically introduces the basic problems of information metrology, the law of literature information growth, the law of aging, the law of citation, Bradford's law, Zipf's law, Lotka's law and other theoretical knowledge, and expounds the theory and application of network information metrology combined with the development trend. Secondly, it discusses the quantitative analysis methods such as literature information statistical analysis, mathematical model analysis and citation analysis in detail. Finally, it expounds the application of information metrology in science and technology management and information resource utilization through case analysis. Through the study of this course, students can master and skillfully use the basic concepts, basic laws, processes, methods, tools, etc. of information metrology, so as to measure, analyze and predict the information in various fields such as social, economic and scientific research
B. METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
This course is mainly based on classroom teaching, interspersed with case teaching, through case practice, master the quantitative analysis method of information measurement.
C. COURSE OBJECTIVES(five or six objectives; general but comprehensive)
Objective 1: To understand the emergence, theoretical basis and research methods of informetrics.
Objective 2: To master the basic knowledge, analysis methods and software tools of informetrics.
Objective 3: To be able to use the knowledge of informetrics to carry out information measurement, analysis and prediction in the quantitative management of information management, scientific research management, evaluation and prediction.
D. COURSE TOPICS/UNITS AND DATES
Chapter 1 Introduction to information Metrology (2 class hours)
Chapter 2 Basic methods and common software of information Metrology (6 class hours)
Chapter 3 Development law of scientific information (4 class hours)
Chapter 4 Three laws of scientific information (4 class hours) Chapter 5 citation law and analysis method (2 class hours)
Chapter 6 Application of information metrology in information resource management and Research (2 class hours)
Chapter 7 Application of information metrology in science and technology management and prediction (2 class hours)
Chapter 8 Information measurement research in network environment (2 class hours)
E. TEXTBOOK(S) AND REQUIRED TOOLS OR SUPPLIES
Textbook (required):
1. Qiu Junping. Introduction to information metrology. Wuhan: Wuhan University Press, 2019;
2. Zhao Rongying. Theory and practice of information econometric analysis tools. Wuhan: Wuhan University Press, 2019;
3. Chen Lixin. Informetrics. Beijing: Science and Technology Literature Press, 2017
Supplies and/or tools:
[1] Lu, C; Ding, Y; Zhang, C Z. Understanding the impact change of a highly cited article: a content-based citation analysis [J]. Informetrics ,2017,112(2):927-945.
[2] Chang, Yu-Wei; Huang, Mu-Hsuan; Lin, Chiao-Wen. Evolution of research subjects in library and information science based on keyword, bibliographical coupling, and co-citation analyses. [J]. Informetrics ,2015,105(3):2071-2087.
[3]Cheng, F F; Huang, Y W; Yu, H C, et al. Mapping knowledge structure by keyword co-occurrence and social network analysis Evidence from Library Hi Tech between 2006 and 2017 [J].Library hi tech,2018,36(4):636-650 .
[4]Chen, G; Xiao, L.Selecting publication keywords for domain analysis in bibliometrics: A comparison of three methods[J]. Journal of informetrics ,2016,10(1):212-223.
F. GRADING PLAN
1. The proportion of scores: (1) attendance rate (10%): full attendance, no unexplained absence（2) Classroom discussion (20%): positive thinking and participation in classroom discussion（3) Practice report (70%): complete quantitative analysis based on information measurement method in a certain field according to the report requirements.
2. Rating level: (1) 60 ~ 70: basic knowledge related to the course, a certain analysis method and simple application（2) 71 ~ 80: master the basic knowledge related to the course, be able to master a variety of analysis tools, and be able to carry out multi method quantitative analysis of certain scenes（3) 81 ~ 90: better grasp the basic knowledge of the course, more proficient in the use of a variety of analysis methods, and can be selectively applied to scene analysis（4) 91 ~ 100: proficient in basic knowledge related to the course, able to carry out extended learning, able to comprehensively use tools according to different scenes, cross use methods, in-depth analysis, and put forward countermeasures and suggestions.
G. COURSE COMPONENT SPECIFICS
Chapter 1 introduction（2 class hours）
1. the generation and development of information metrology
2. discipline system of information metrology
3. tools and methods of information metrology
Chapter 2 Theoretical basis, basic method and common software of information Metrology (6 class hours)
1. premise and essence of information metrology
2. relevant discipline foundation of information metrology
3. statistical analysis method of literature information
4. data model analysis method
5. common software
Chapter 3 The development law of scientific information (4 class hours)
1. concept and model of the law of scientific information growth
2. application of the law of scientific information growth
3. concept and model of aging law of scientific information
4. application of aging law of scientific information
Chapter 4 Three laws in scientific information (4 class hours)
1. background, content, development and application of Bradford law
2. background, content, development and application of Zipf law
3. background, content, development and application of Lotka law
Chapter 5 Citation law and analysis method (2 class hours)
1. INTRODUCTION Analysis Overview
2. citation analysis tools
3. distribution law and measurement index of Citation
4. citation network and cluster analysis
Chapter 6 The application of information metrology in the management and research of informationresources (2 class hours)
1. measurement of information metrology and core journals
2. information metrology and information retrieval
3. information metrology and user research
4. case study on the rule of document information utilization
Chapter 7 The application of information metrology in science and technology management and prediction (2 class hours)
1. information metrology and scientific research
2. information metrology and talent evaluation
3. information metrology and organization evaluation
4. information metrology and scientific and technological prediction
Chapter 8 Research on information measurement in network environment (2 class hours)
1. overview of network information metrology
2. acquisition and processing of network data
3. application of network information metrology
